Jesus and Life: Word Pictures in John's Gospel is designed to be read by individuals or groups as an introduction to key sayings in John's Gospel. An individual may use it as a collection of devotional studies over an extended period of time. A home Bible study group may work through it on a regular basis.

The key texts include eight 'I am' sayings of Jesus and twelve parables of eternal life in John's Gospel. Each short chapter includes the key text, its context, its content, connections, and time for prayer.

John's Gospel comes out of the Jewish world into the Roman world at the end of the first century. Jesus the Jew is the Saviour of the world. He transcends time and place and yet belongs to a particular time and place. In the third decade of the twenty-first century the personal affirmations Jesus makes and the parables Jesus speaks in John's Gospel still ring true.